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12.09.2016

Book Review: Huntress Found by A. A. Chamberlynn #amreading

Blurb:

Evryn’s got mad skills
at playing hide and seek. She can find lost children, hack the most
secure databases, pretty much anything. Except for the one thing she
desires most: the knowledge of who her parents are, why they abandoned
her, and what her special talent means about who and what she really is.

So,
when a guy named Seeker appears quite literally out of nowhere,
claiming to know about her past and offering her a job, Evryn can’t say
yes fast enough. Even if it does mean following him to another realm. As
in, mind-blowingly, not Earth. Apparently she’s part of an elite clan
of Hunters descending from Artemis who can find just about anything in
all of time and space. As the last of Artemis’ direct lineage, Evryn is
her clan’s best shot at finding a lost city before rival clans do.

Not
just any city, but the flying, realm-hopping city of Skye. Aboard Skye
is the Artifex, a magical device with the power to create or destroy
worlds. Everyone wants the device, and with Evryn’s super-powered
lineage, it means everyone wants her, too. It’s hard to decide who she
can trust, even within her own clan. After she discovers a strange,
alluring connection to the Artifex, she’s not even sure she can trust
herself. Worse yet, the only person who may be able to help her is the
Timekeeper, the sadistic ancient being who created the Artifex. An
interdimensional war is brewing, and Evryn is right at the epicenter of
it all.

Let the hunt begin.

My review:

Evryn has always felt the pull of lost things when she's focused on them. She follows the Call to find missing children and save them from their captors. Until a handsome man named Seeker finds her. She is the Lost One, and once she finds out why, she wonders if she should have stayed hidden. Evryn has the blood of Artemis in her, the most famous hunter in history. Now as a Hunter herself, she seeks the most elusive target: an artifact on a flying city named Skye which can jump realms. This artifact is a powerful weapon. The realms are going to war to find it. And Evryn is the key to it all.

This is the first book in the awesome series, The Timekeeper's War. I was blown away by Evryn's tale, especially with all the twists at the end. Wow. With several realms and a great history, this was a massive task in world building, and it was done wonderfully. Never once did I feel bogged down by information. I reveled in the various realms from modern day Earth to medieval worlds and steampunk realms. Plus the flying city of Skye! The place fascinates me. I hunted it through the pages just as Evryn did.

Evryn is a strong heroine, and while she does have a lot of power, I didn't feel she abused it or that she was perfect. No, she has her flaws, but she also has a huge heart. Kellan is quite the match for her. Gorgeous (and he knows it), smart (and he knows it), and as good of a Hunter as Evryn (and he knows it!). They bring out the best in each other. The whole cast of characters is spectacular. From their clan to the power hungry king to the mysterious White Stag. And the evilness of the Timekeeper, whoa.

An incredible speculative fiction book with fast action, magical mysteries, and a nice bit of tension-filled romance. I'm hooked!